Frankryk Is Ûnregearber. Dat Is Gjin Nij Probleem.
April 22, 2026 · Frisian News
France's latest political crisis shows a parliament too fragmented to pass budgets or laws. The problem runs deeper than any one election or leader.
FryskIt Frânske parlemint kin gjin begroting oannimme. Wiken lang hawwe wetjouwers fan lofts, midden en rjochts elkoars foarstellen blokkearre. De regearing besocht útjeftemaatregels troch te drukken sûnder stimming. Trije ôffeardigen fan de Sosjalistyske Partij rûnen út de ûnderhannelingen. Macrons sintrumliberalen hawwe sa'n 160 sitten yn in keamer fan 577 sitten. Gjin koälysje hat in mearderheid. Dit begûn net ferline wike. It begûn al lang foar Macron yn 2017 oan it amt kaam.
It Frânske politike systeem lidet oan kronyske fersnipering. De presidinsjele struktuer fan de Fyfde Republyk wie boud foar konsensus, mar konsensus bestiet net mear. Kiezers binne yn resinte jierren nei de ekstremen ferpleatst. De Nasjonale Uny oan de rjochterkant en radikale linkse partijen hawwe no grutte fraksjeblokken. It sintrum, eartiids de politike rêchbonke fan Frankryk, is krompen. Macrons partij wûn yn 2022 250 sitten en hat no minder as 160. As it sintrum ynstort, wurdt bestjoeren hast ûnmooglik.
Frânske politisy jouwe elkenien de skuld, útsein harsels. Macron seit dat it parlemint ûnferantwurdlik is. Lofts beskuldiget de presidint fan arrogansje. Rjochts easket nije ferkiezingen. Gjin fan harren behannelet it echte probleem: it Frânske ferkiezingsstelsel beleant fersnipering en straffet gearwurking. Evenredige fertsjintwurdiging soe lytsere partijen echte macht jaan. It hjoeddeiske stelsel jout harren yn it plak dêrfan in feto. In ôffeardige fan in marginale partij kin de hiele keamer blokkearje.
Oare lannen hawwe ferlykbere problemen. Dútske koälysjepetearen duorje moannen. Itaalje wikselet elk pear jier fan regearing. Spanje hâlde fjouwer ferkiezingen yn fjouwer jier. Mar Frankryk hat noch wat ekstra tsjin him: in sterk presidinsjeel amt dat ferwachtet allinne te kinnen bestjoere. Doe't Macron yn 2017 en 2022 wûn, tocht hy dat hy in mandaat hie. Dat hie hy net. Hy hie stimmen yn in twarûntestelsel dat stipe om him hinne konsintreare, wylst it parlemint fersnipere. It stelsel fryt himsels no op.
Frankryk sil der trochhinne wrakselje. De regearing sil genôch stimmen fine om wat oan te nimmen. De folgjende ferkiezing leveret opnij in ferdield parlemint op. Dizze syklus werhelet himsels, útsein dat de Frânsen lestiche karren meitsje oer hoe't hja bestjoerd wurde wolle. Dy karren hawwe hja net makke. Wierskynlik sille hja dat net dwaan.
France's parliament cannot pass a budget. For weeks, lawmakers from the left, center, and right have blocked each other's proposals. The government tried to push through spending measures without a vote. Three deputies from the Socialist Party walked out of talks. Macron's centrists hold roughly 160 seats in a 577-seat chamber. No coalition commands a majority. This did not start last week. It started long before Macron took office in 2017.
The French political system suffers from chronic fragmentation. The Fifth Republic's presidential structure was built for consensus, but consensus no longer exists. Voters in recent years have moved toward extremes. The National Rally on the right and hard-left parties on the left now claim large blocs of seats. The center, once France's political spine, has shrunk. Macron's party won 250 seats in 2022 and now holds fewer than 160. When the center collapses, governing becomes nearly impossible.
French politicians blame everyone but themselves. Macron says parliament is irresponsible. The left accuses the president of arrogance. The right demands fresh elections. None of them address the real issue: France's electoral system rewards fragmentation and punishes cooperation. Proportional representation would give smaller parties real power. The current system gives them veto power instead. A deputy from a fringe party can block the entire chamber.
Other countries face similar problems. Germany's coalition talks take months. Italy rotates governments every few years. Spain went through four elections in four years. But France has something else working against it: a strong presidency that expects to govern alone. When Macron won in 2017 and 2022, he thought he had a mandate. He did not. He had votes in a two-round system that concentrated support around him while fragmenting parliament. The system now eats itself.
France will muddle through. The government will find enough votes to pass something. The next election will produce another hung parliament. This cycle will repeat unless the French make hard choices about how they want to be governed. They have not made those choices. They probably will not.
Published April 22, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân